Push broolm



April 13 1.926.

S. GREEN BERG PUSH BROOM Filed Jan. 5.

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Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

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a citizen! of'y the United States, residing at",y

Syracuse, in the county of.:Onondag'al and Statel of. New 'York'.qu have; invented certa-1n new and useful Improvements iny Push Brooms, of` which the following isi, al' specio ly small individualibrush.units are applied l to the common back,V the said units being'YK arranged in rows or staggered, and adapted to be replaced when worn out, w1thout,d1s'

turbing thel adjacent unitsi The said ind i' vidual units 'are rigidly mounted upon woodenL cores,which are inserted in aligning or staggered perforations formed in the back, to which they are made rigid. A further object is to provide a` hood, which is arranged to enclose the back of the broom, to prevent spreading and straggling of the units, as wellas to shield the back and the tops of the individual units from moisture And a further object is to provide a relatively long handle for manually propelling the broom over floors, pavements, and other surfaces.

I attain these objects by the. means set forth in the detailed description which follows,and as illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a front side elevation of the complete push broom with the hood and handle attached. Fig. Q'is a top plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is the top plan view of the broom with the hood removed. Fig.v et' is a side elevation of the same, with portions broken away for showing the manner of attaching and securing the individual units which comprise the vcomposite structure of thefbroom.V Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the broom shown in Figs. l and 2. Fig. 6 is a side view of one of the individualunits. Fig. 7 is a top end view of the same. Fig. 8 is a skeleton view of a broomcomprising a single row of the individual units'. And Fig.

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In the, drawing, b acliof tliepiish broom, which .isV preferably 2 4represents i the A.body or 60 n'iade loffaA singleelongatedpiece" ofv wood, thel said bofd'y` preferably'bei'ng providedwith laf; Y

number ,of vertical 'perforations 2 which may y bev arranged staggered rows as. shown in Fig. a 'straiglitrm asfshown in Figs.

Sand 9". The sweeping or cleaningeleinent comprises; number of brushv units 3. and 3, which are' preferably madeup by binding; preferably formed of the twigged-heads of broonn cornvabout round woolden .cores 3a withwires 3c. The mode ofV iriakiiigQ.,tl-tesey yindividual units' inayfbe the same as employed foi1 making the come mon-house brooms.y Thefcores 3? preferably y,entend' a short distance abo-.ve` as" well, as below the topvv ends, of the bristles, and'ftliei/rf free ends are driven' into the perforationsY he.' wiresfdchaie usually heldv from unf .ceiling by, ,means .of nails 3d. v My push broomslare!usually made'upinseveral sizes f sie larger" size as shows l in rigs. 1 u), o

streets', andthe iioors of factories, warehouses, mills -and therlike. brooms, the individua-l units 3 3 are generally arranged in two or more rows, as best seenin Figs. 3v and 5. The individual units 3 are preferably elliptical in crosssection, and are arranged to present their broad faces to the work like ordinary being suitable for A's'weeping- In these larger brooms, as may be understood from Figs.

'1, 3, fi, 5 and 7, and these large-1'y brushes `theindividual units ordinarily leaves vacant spaces, as 4, at the opposite ends of the back 2, which are not large enough to accommodate the oval units. These vacant corners are usually filled in for completing and balancing the broom, by Ameans of smaller round units as 3 (see Fig. 3). After the individual units 3 3 are applied to the back 2, by driving the cores 3a tightly into the perforations 2', the severa-l units are held from rotation and from accidental re lease from the body 2, by means of pins or nails 5, which may beV driven transversely through the body` and the cores, as shown in Figs. 3, 4.-, 8 and 9. 6 represents an elongated sheet vmetal cap or hood, which is mounted upon the body 2 (see Figs. l, 2 and 5), to which the hood may be secured in any suitable manner, as by nails `or screws 6. Thel drooping flanges or balances of the hood preferably extend a considerable distance below the bottom plane of the body 2, and tend to hold the twigs or bristles of Ithe units 3-3 from spreading, straggling or breaking during the sweeping or other handling of the broom. The hood 6 also tends to prevent moisture and dirt from reaching the head 2 and fouling, rotting or otherwise injuring the top ends of the units 3-3.

In Figs. 8 and 9 I have shown a push broom ot' smaller size, suitable for lighter sweeping work, as for dwellings, oiices and the like, wherein the individual units, preferably the oval o-nes, are arranged in a single row. Otherwise the construction and arrangement oi the smaller broom is the same, as shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

My push broom is extremely simple, dura.- ble. and inexpensiveI to malte.v By the provision of the individual units 3-3, I am able to make use ot the coarser as well as the medium weight broom corn heads, which when securely wound upon the small wooden cores 3, enables me to produce a broom structure that will withstand long and hard usage, and perform the same work that is usually effect-ed by the `coarser rattan construction in common use, for street and other `rough and heavy sweeping. By the use of broom corn, in which the twigs or bristles are generally of smaller caliber or gage than the rattan, my push broomswill sweep cleaner and remove relativey fine dust` or particles, which the coarser variety of push brooms cannot sweep. Furthermore, the provision of the individual units 3 3. admits of remo-ving and replacing any of the said units that become worn out or fail to withstand hard usage. This may be accomplished in a ready and simple manner, by knocking out the pins 5, and then removing the cores 3a from the body 2, in a welhknown manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is j A broom including an elongated back, a series ot units each comprising a core hav ingl an encircling bundle of broom corn bound thereto, said binding being arranged adjacent the upper end of the broom corn,

4said units being elliptical in cross section and flared outwardly at the tips, and having their wide faces arranged parallel to the sides ot1 the back and in overlapping relation, and a hood encircling the sides and ends ol" the. back and projecting below the under face of the back and engaged with the adjacent units, the upper ends of the cores extending into the back and the lower ends thereoie projecting below, the bottom edge of the hood.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

SAMUEL GREENBERG. 

